Cameron Smith holed 10 birdies in a six-under-par 66 to win on 13 under ©Getty Images

Cameron Smith registered the biggest win of his career as he won The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in what was a dramatic finish.

Smith also pocketed the prize money of $3.6 million (£2.7 million/€3.2 million) as he became the fifth Australian to win the flagship PGA Tour event.

The 28-year-old holed 10 birdies in a six-under-par 66 to win on 13 under in Florida.

Smith started by birdieing the first four holes and the sixth before bogeys in the final three holes.

However, he come back with four more birdies, one after the other, to set up a multi-stroke lead with five holes to play.  

The contest went down to the wire when India’s Anirban Lahiri birdied the 17th to cut the margin to two with one hole to play.

Trailing by a stroke in the end, Lahiri, who needed a birdie on par-four to force a play-off, failed to make the green in his second shot and settled for par and a second-place finish.

Paul Case of England finished third.